Judge upholds 2 Casey Anthony lying convictions while tossing two others - WFTV

Judge upholds 2 Casey Anthony lying convictions while tossing two others

Posted: 10:19 a.m. Friday, Jan. 25, 2013

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Fifth District Court of Appeal decided Friday to uphold two of Casey Anthony’s convictions of lying to law enforcement and toss the other two.

Last week, WFTV was inside the courtroom when Anthony's defense team appealed her conviction of lying to authorities during the investigation into her daughter Caylee's death.

“We reject Appellant’s first and third arguments, but conclude that double jeopardy principles require that two of her four misdemeanor convictions be set aside,” the court said Friday.

In 2011, a jury found Anthony not guilty in her daughter's killing, but jurors convicted her for lying to law enforcement about what happened.

Anthony did not attend last week’s hearing in Daytona Beach.

A state appellate court was asked to decide whether Anthony was in police custody when she made the statements that led to her being convicted of lying to law enforcement officers.

Anthony lied to Orange County Detective Yuri Melich on July 16, 2008. Anthony led investigators on a wild goose chase in search of Caylee, only to claim later at her murder trial that her daughter drowned on the day she disappeared.
The judges had access to the evidence in the case and to both sides' arguments.

The arguments from the defense focused on testimony Judge Belvin Perry allowed into the criminal trial for murder. Anthony was acquitted of those charges.

A substantial portion of the alleged lies included the story of "Zanny the Nanny," a lie that has a woman with the same name, Zenaida Gonzalez, suing Anthony in civil court.

Anthony has been rarely seen since her trial, but the court's decision could have an impact on the civil case.

Anthony has served all of her probation after being convicted of stealing money from her best friend's checking account.

The three judges on the panel that heard her appeal are Richard Orfinger, Vincent Torpy and Kerry Evander.

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